Improvement in hog-ringing pliers



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Hug-Ringing Pliers. Y N0.I56,054, Patented 0t.r20,1874.

UNITED STATES PATENT QEEIOE,

JOsErE EUEGEILOE EAIEBUEY, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN HG-RINGING PLIERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 156,054, dated October 20, 1874; application tiled March 30, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH BURGER, of Fairbury, in the county of Livingston, in the State of Illinois, have invented an Improvenient on my Hog Ringing Pliers or Pinchers, patented to me by the United States on 10th February, 1874, No. 147,367 5 and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which like letters of reference refer to like parts, and in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view 5V Fig. 2, a front or end view of the jaws of the?" pinchers, Fig. 3, a plan view of the same; Fig. 4, a perspective view of the ring or nosejewel before insertion; Fig. 5, the same after insertion, as seen in the animals snout.

This invention is an improvement upon my former patent, granted by the United States to me on February 10, 1874, No. 147,367, the upper jaw of the pinchers being modified by making the jewel-slot into a socket or chamber, the better to retain the shank or base of the jewel; and the lower jaw being provided, in addition to the original parallel projections b b of the same, with an angular ridge, in shape similar to a common house-roof, placed between said projections for the purpose of meeting and causing the ends of the jewelstems to diverge after passingthrough the hogs snout, to retain the same; also, in addition to the above, is added a vertical tooth, at the origin of each of said projections from the jaw, to press against the cartilage of the nose in forcing the jewel through it.

I will now describe one of my best forms of construction of this improvement.

In the drawings, A represents the upper jaw, which has a socket, e, running in parallel with its upper and lower surfaces, which may be formed by making the under part of said jaw separate, with a recess therein, to be screwed or riveted to the under side of the jaw; and provided with a short tongue, f, projecting a little distance from the front of the same below the socket c, for the purpose of preventing the parallel stems of the jewel C from converging in passing through the cartilage of the nose. B represents the lower jaw 5 b b, the projections, which represent those of the original patent, each of which now have a tooth-like point rising vertically from their Origin, designed to press against the front of the nose to hold the cartilage up to the points of the jewel during the insertion of the latter. The projections b b and the teeth i t' may be cast or made separately from the jaw by having a base-plate common to them, which may be set into a recess in the upper surface of the jaw, and there secured by a screw or similar device. Equidistant between the projections b b rises from the lower part of this jaw an angular horizontal ridge or jewel-guide, d, in profile near a right angle, as viewed from the front of the jaw, the lower declivities of which terminate laterally, at the side of the jaw, in wings o g, slightly channeled or hollowed, to direct and bend the points of the jewel outward after passing through the snout and beneath the projections b b. G represents the jewel or nose-ring as now formed by me, being a simplification of the pronged plate or nose-ring of my abovementioned patent; and now consisting of a single wire, with sharpened ends, bent double at the middle, the loop thus formed being bent at a right angle to the stems to represent the plate of the original ring or jewel.

The operation of this pinchers is as follows: The jewel, as seen in Fig. 4, is placed in the -upper jaw by inserting the loop or base within the socket e. The teeth rare then placed against the face of the snout, and the points of the jewel are then pressed downward through the usual place. The points of the jewel, being at the same time met by the sloping guide d, are turned laterally outward between said guide and the projections b b, thus preventing the accidental withdrawal of the jewel. The tongue f acts to keep the stems of the jewel parallel, and prevent their convergence while being forced through the hard cartilage.

j What I claim as an improvement over my former patent, as aforesaid, and as my invention, is

A snout-jewel pliers, having one jaw pro vided with a recess, c, and a fixed tongue or plate, f, extending the whole length of said recess below it and in front of it, and the other jaw B, provided with vertical teeth i i,

projecting arms b I), with an intermediate provement on my patent for hog-ringer, l have ridge, d, between them7 adapted for diverging hereunto set my hand this 19th day of March7 the points or stems of a snoutjewel of a sta- A. D. 1874. ple-form shape during the insertion of said jewel, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing im- JOSEPH BURGER. Witnesses:

G. C. BARTLETT, J. H. HOWARTH. 

